Abstract/Sommario: One of the seven declared nuclear states and the sixth most populous country in the world, Pakistan, the country that emerged on the map of the world on August 14, 1947, was a new geographic entity. Above all the ethnic and regional divisions, Muslims of the Subcontinent participated in the movement for its creation. Unrelenting tensions along its borders with India and three wars on the persisting problem of Kashmir as well as world powers' interests in the region also posed great c ...; [Leggi tutto...]
One of the seven declared nuclear states and the sixth most populous country in the world, Pakistan, the country that emerged on the map of the world on August 14, 1947, was a new geographic entity. Above all the ethnic and regional divisions, Muslims of the Subcontinent participated in the movement for its creation. Unrelenting tensions along its borders with India and three wars on the persisting problem of Kashmir as well as world powers' interests in the region also posed great challenges for Pakistan. Gli articoli del fascicolo monografico sono i seguenti : Pakistan: Creation and Genesis / Abdullah Adnan; Failure of Democracy in Pakistan? / Irshad Ahmad Haqqani; Pakistan's Foreign Policy in the Changing International Scenario / Adnan Sarwar Khan; The Pakistani Economy: Performance and Challenges / Rehana Siddiqui; Pakistan's Federal Structure and the Constitution of 1973 / Farooq Hassan; The Islamization of Laws in Pakistan: The Case of Hudud Ordinances / Muhammad Taqui Usmani; Pakistan: The State of Education / Salim Mansur Khalid and M. Fayyaz Khan; Pakistan: Religious Education and Institutions / Khalid Rahman and Syed Rashad Bukhari; Globalization, WTO and Pakistan / Farzana Noshab; Pakistan: Visions and Reality, Past and Future / Khurshid Noshab